EA039691B1 - Method and system for monitoring playback of media content, including items covered by copyright - Google Patents

Abstract

The claimed invention relates to the field of providing media content to users and can be used for playing back and monitoring the use of copyrighted items over the Internet by any number of users. The claimed method for monitoring playback of media content, including items covered by copyright, is based on the use of media content by operator servers and the provision of said content to users for playback, and the setting of viewing parameters, wherein each user plays back media content via operator servers providing media content, each of which contains a database of media content and data about the corresponding holders of copyrighted media content; when each user plays back media content, information containing the metadata of the media content and user data is sent to a parent server, a comparison is made of the media content played back by each user, together with its corresponding metadata, and the metadata of said media content sent to the parent server, and if the data track in the parent server does not correspond to the media content played back by the user, the unauthorized use of media content is registered. A system for carrying out this method contains at least one operator server for the provision of media content, which is connected to at least one media content playback device, a verification and analysis device connected to the media content playback devices, a parent server for storing media content metadata, which is connected to the media content playback devices and to the operators servers, and a verification and analysis unit capable of verifying and comparing media content and the metadata of media content played back by each of the media content playback devices and metadata sent to the parent server from a playback device and from an operator server.

Description

Prior Art

Known methods for transmitting and reproducing information, such as video boards, advertising stands used to transmit audio and (or) video information, do not allow for prompt playback of audio and (or) video materials (a specialist must appear or be present directly at the playback site), since require the availability of devices for downloading and reproducing information directly at points of sale, use sources of information storage in the form of flash drives, CDs and DVDs and do not allow storing a large amount of information, require constant rewriting if it is necessary to change the type of information provided. Also, the disadvantages of the known systems are the high costs for the purchase of equipment and software for the functioning of systems for the reproduction of information, and the need for a long-term solution of issues with the legality of the content (obtaining permission from authors and copyright holders to reproduce works). In addition to the disadvantages of the known methods of reproducing information, one can attribute the lack of downloading and transmitting data via the Internet.

There is a method for transferring media files over a communication network (RU 2189119, published on September 10, 2002), in which media files in a predetermined sequence are divided in the provider's computer into a sequence of encoded files transmitted in a certain sequence over a communication network to the receiving computer. The downloadable user program is stored on the provider's computer and, together with all types of files that make up the content of the message, is also transmitted over the communication network to the receiving computer. The resulting files can then be played by the receiving computer in the exact sequence.

However, this method of transmission is rather complicated to implement and limits the user in the choice of media content. In addition, this method does not provide control over the use of copyright.

There is a method for reproducing digital content in a content protection system according to a plurality of chain digital licenses (RU 2378772, published on 01/10/2010).

This method ensures the playback of encrypted digital content on a computing device in accordance with the chain of licenses on which a request for playback of encrypted content is received. The chain includes a content end license at one end of the chain, a root license at the other end of the chain, and all intermediate licenses in between. The end license and all intermediate licenses in the chain are linked to the neighboring license in the chain towards the root license, and the root license is linked to the owner of the private key (PR-U). Each license in the chain is checked and confirmed that the license allows content to be reproduced. The decryption key is obtained from the application-based end license (PR-U) to the root license, the resulting key is applied to decrypt the encrypted content, and the decrypted content is played back.

However, this transmission method is also complicated due to sequential licensing and encryption-decryption processes, which limits the user in the optimal choice of media content. In addition, this method does not provide control over the use of copyright.

There is a method for transmitting media data (RU 2518513, published on 06/10/2014), in which the user registers a certain group of content for viewing, and then the terminal automatically receives and stores this content. For this, data relating to the content to be broadcast at a bit rate not synchronized with the playback rate is obtained from the download schedule created earlier. It is then determined whether the content is the content of a push-type service for receiving content to be viewed and listened to regardless of the user's request, and if positively determined, describe this data along with content-related data in the first control data generated as content-related data. to be broadcast on a predetermined logical channel. Next, second control data is generated describing data for determining each of the logical channels in a physical channel serving as a transmission path of a wave broadcast signal of a predetermined frequency band. At the same time, the first control data and the second control data are multiplexed with content data, and the data to be broadcast over a plurality of the mentioned logical channels is also multiplexed as data to be broadcast over a single physical channel, and the multiplexed data is modulated for transmission as a broadcast signal.

A system for providing content, a content playback device, a method for providing content and a method for reproducing content are known (RU 2506635, published on February 10, 2014), in which a method implemented by a computer receives content data and metadata. The metadata is associated with a plurality of temporal locations in the content data. The viewing parameters corresponding to the plurality of time positions are calculated based on the received metadata. Content Data

- 1 039691 are delivered selectively based on the specified binding.

The system for providing content with a content playback device that implements the specified method (RU 2506635, published on February 10, 2014) contains a server for providing content, which includes a storage device connected to a content data distribution unit, a playback position determination unit, a calculation unit viewing parameters and a block for obtaining metadata connected in series with the indicated blocks. The storage device contains a content database and content data.

This content delivery method and system allows content to be analyzed using methods such as audio analysis and video analysis, however, the equipment for such analyzes requires a large amount of resources, and there is no control over the use of intellectual property objects contained in the content.

Known Device and method for managing digital rights (RU 2504005, publ. 01/10/2014). The present invention discloses an offline device copyright authentication method, a digital rights protection system, and a method for providing digital content, which mainly includes an authentication agent embedded in the digital content, and said authentication agent, as opposed to a copyright publisher on the side. server, authenticates the playback certification of the device before playing digital content. If the device is an incompatible device, the authentication agent will prevent the device from playing digital content. The technology of the invention implements offline digital rights management so that it is not limited by the network condition and can be widely applied under various environmental conditions.

The closest to the claimed method and system is the method and system presented in the description of the patent (RU 82356, publ. 20.04.2009).

The system for controlling the transfer of intellectual property objects on the Internet in the specified patent contains a data server (DDN), a digital content seller server, a consumer server (SP), an access server (AS), an Internet gateway belonging to an Internet service provider and a control server (SC) data where a hashing operation is applied to controlled files. The output of the SDN is connected via the Internet to the input of the SD. The SD is connected via a local network to the SP. The output of the LED is connected via the Internet to the input of the SC. Said system also contains a protocol filtering server (SF) and a data identification server (SI), which are respectively connected to the SD via a local network. Moreover, the SC is made providing the deposit.

Control method (RU 82356, publ. 20.04.2009), implemented using the specified system, is based on playback control by using the operation of hashing controlled media content files, and providing them to users for playback if the hash of the file received on the identification server matches with the hash available on the data control server. In this case, the identification of intellectual property objects in the digital media data stream occurs by extracting sound prints identical to those that were previously obtained and placed on the data control server.

However, in the specified method and system, there is no possibility to control the use of each of the intellectual property objects by multiple users simultaneously, the number of reproductions, the geography of reproductions, as well as the use of IP objects in public places for commercial purposes. At the same time, copyright holders are not notified of unauthorized use and their rights in each case of such use.

Disclosure of invention

The main objective of the claimed group of inventions is to expand the arsenal of technical means and methods for controlling the reproduction of media content, including objects of intellectual property rights, in particular copyright and related rights.

At the same time, the task to be solved also includes the creation of a method and a device for its implementation, ensuring the reproduction of media content with guaranteed observance of copyright and related rights, as well as control over the provision of media content to users, including objects of intellectual property, and the issuance of reports to copyright holders on the use of rights. on the objects they own.

The technical result of the claimed group of inventions is to implement the purpose of the claimed method and system.

The problem is solved by the fact that in the known method of controlling the playback of media content, including objects of intellectual property rights, based on the playback of media content data by operators, providing them to users, fixing and controlling viewing parameters and the media content used, media content is played from servers of these operators, in each of which the content of the necessary content (audio and video information) is formed, and the database of the corresponding copyright holders of the objects of intellectual rights of the media content, when playing the media content, information is simultaneously sent to the head server and the copyright holder about the reproduced media content , while checking

- 2 039691 data of the media content sent by the operators to the main server and the media content played, and in case of a discrepancy between the data track in the main server and the one played by each of the users of the media content, they send information to the copyright holder about the unauthorized use of the media content.

Optimally, the copyright holder's server should be able to connect to the operator's server and the main server.

Preferably, after the received content is transmitted to the end devices of the users, data about the reproduced content is simultaneously sent to the right holder.

It is advisable to perform operator servers with the ability to provide actions related to the playback of media content, the selection and listening to audio information, setting the schedule for the transmission of media content by the server to the playback device specified by the user, stopping the transmission of information by the server to the playback device, replacing the transmitted information by the server with a repeater, shutting down playback devices.

On the user's playback devices, it is preferable to use a pre-installed application for playing media content.

It is advisable to record the data of users connected by the operator to Wi-Fi.

The problem is also solved by the fact that in a known system for controlling the playback of media content, including objects of intellectual rights, containing at least one operator server for providing media content, connected to at least one device for playing media content, a device for checking and analysis connected to media content playback devices, a head server for storing media content metadata is introduced, connected to content playback devices and operator servers, and the verification and analysis unit is configured to ensure verification and comparison of media content and media content metadata, reproduced by each of the media content playback devices and metadata sent to the head server from the media content playback device and from the operator's server.

The system may further comprise rights holder servers connected to the master server.

It is preferable that the operator's server contains a storage device connected to the media content data distribution unit, a playback position determination unit connected in series to the playback parameters calculation unit, the metadata transmission unit, the data reception-transmission unit, while the outputs of the storage device, the metadata transmission unit and the data receiving-transmitting unit are the outputs of the operator's server, and the inputs of the storage device, the playback position determination unit, the data receiving-transmission unit are the inputs of the operator's server.

The storage device may contain a database of media content and metadata, including rights holder data of intellectual property objects used in media content, metadata of intellectual property objects, user data of playback devices and media content.

It is optimal to perform a verification and analysis device in the form of a block for determining the server of the operator and the playback device, connected in series with the block for recording media content, the comparison block, designed to compare the reproduced media content and transmitted to the main reporting server and the block for fixing violations, while the outputs of the block comparison and the block for fixing violations are outputs of the verification and analysis device associated with the head server, and the inputs of the operator definition block and the media content playback device, the media content recorder and the comparison block are inputs of the verification and analysis device.

Preferably, the media content playback device is made in the form of a series-connected user authorization block, a synchronization block, a data reception-transmission block, a data encryption block, a storage device, a media content playback block and a reporting unit about the reproduced content, while the outputs of the synchronization block, the receiving-transmitting unit, the media content playback unit, the playback media content reporting unit are the outputs of the media content playback device, and the inputs of the synchronization unit and the receiving-transmission unit are the inputs of the media content playback device.

The playback device can be configured to connect to end devices such as loudspeakers (speakers), headphones and any device for reproducing sound or video information.

The claimed group of inventions solves one problem and is connected by a single inventive concept that ensures reliable implementation of control over the reproduction of media content containing objects of copyright and related rights.

These advantages, determined by the essential features of the claimed group of inventions, are explained by their preferred embodiment.

Brief description of the figures of the drawings

The drawing schematically shows a block diagram of a system for controlling the playback of media content, including objects of intellectual rights, in accordance with the reference sheet of designations of devices and system blocks.

Examples of preferred embodiments of the invention

The system for implementing the method comprises at least one operator server 1 designed to provide media content, each of which includes a storage device 2 connected to a media content data distribution unit 3, a playback position determination unit 4, the output of which is connected to block 5 for calculating playback parameters, and its input is the input of the server 1 associated with the output of the synchronization unit 17 of the device 14 playback of media content. The storage device 2 is also connected to the main server 8 for storing reports of the media content played and to the media content playback device 14 . The input of the block 6 for the transfer of metadata of the server 1 of the operator is connected to the output of the block 5 for calculating playback parameters, and the outputs of the block 6 for the transfer of metadata are connected to the input of the block 7 for receiving and transmitting data, and through the output of the server 1 of the operator to the input of the synchronization block 17 of the device 14 of the media playback content. One of the inputs of the block 7 for receiving and transmitting data is also connected to the output of the block 3 for distributing media content data. In addition, the data receiving-transmitting unit 7 is connected via a bus to the data receiving unit 18 of the content playback device 14 .

The head server 8 for storing reports on the media content being played is connected to the block 10 for determining the server of the operator and the playback device, which is included in the verification and analysis device 9, configured to ensure verification and comparison of the media content played on the device 14 and transmitted to the head server 8 reporting. The block 10 for determining the server of the operator and the playback device is connected in series with the block 11 for recording media content, the block 12 for comparison and the block 13 for fixing violations, the output of which is the output of the device 9 for checking and analyzing connected to the head server 8. The block 12 for comparing the device 9 for checking and analysis, is also connected to the main server 8 via the bus.

The media content playback device 14 of the claimed system contains a user authorization block 16 connected to a synchronization block 17, the inputs of which are connected to the outputs of the operator server 1, which are, respectively, the outputs of the playback position determination block 4 and the metadata transmission block 6.

In addition, the media content playback device 14 includes a receiving-transmitting unit 18 connected in series with a data encryption unit 19, a storage device 15, a content playback unit 20, and a playback content reporting unit 21 . The data encryption unit 19 is also connected to the media content playback unit 20 . The output of the reporting unit 21, which is one of the outputs of the media content playback device 14, is combined with the inputs of the storage device 2 of the server 1 of the operator and the head server 8. One of the outputs of the media content playback unit 20 through the output of the media content playback device 14 is connected to one from the inputs of the block 11 recording media content included in the device 9 verification and analysis. The head server 8 is also connected to the copyright holder's server 22.

The inventive method is implemented using a control system for the playback of media content, including objects of intellectual rights, as follows.

The media content uploaded by the copyright holder, including objects of intellectual property rights, is stored on the servers of 1 operators, each of which forms the content of the necessary content (audio and video information), a database of media content and the corresponding copyright holders (name, contact details, etc.) of copyright objects and related rights in the media content located in the storage device 2. Data on the copyright holders of intellectual property objects are entered into the database of the storage device 2 of the server 1 after the conclusion of an agreement between the operator of each of the servers 1 and the copyright holders. The operators' servers 1 are configured to provide actions related to the storage and structuring of media content, storage of metadata about the content, storage of data on registered copyright holders, users and media content playback devices, selection and listening to audio and video information, formation of a media playback schedule. content on the user-specified playback device 14, transferring media content to the playback device, stopping the transmission of information by the server to the playback device 14, replacing the transmitted information by the server 1 with the playback device 14, turning off the device 14, generating and storing reports about the reproduced media content.

The media content loaded by the copyright holder or his representative via the Web interface into the storage device 2 undergoes preliminary moderation. After downloading the media content, the latter is checked by the server operator 1, who listens to the downloaded content, finds information about the copyright holder, compares his data with those specified in the contract and enters information about the corresponding status of the media content (approved / rejected) in the data distribution block 3 media content of the operator's server 1, thereby certifying that the object of intellectual property belongs to the proper owner.

To play media content on a specific media content playback device 14 in

- 4 039691 It installs specialized software. Each of the playback devices 14 is registered, as a result of which data about the user (the owner of the playback device) is also entered into the database of the storage device 2 of the server 1 of the operator. This data includes the name, contact details of the user's organization, the address and area of the voiced room where the content is reproduced and other data that additionally characterizes the user's details. After fixing the specified data, the user is given a unique character code to authorize the playback device stored in the memory 2. The specified code enters the block 4 for determining the playback position and is transmitted to the playback device 14 from the output of block 4 through the synchronization block 17 to the user authorization block 16 .

The storage device 2 of the operator's server 1 is connected to the media content data distribution unit 3, whose functions include the creation of structured catalogs of media content by genre, business line, and also grouped content playlists based on the settings of the user, the owner of the playback device 14, for example , in his personal account. When the media content playback device 14 is started, after a period pre-set in the device 14 settings (for example, from 30 minutes), from the output of the synchronization block 17, the operator server 1 receives information containing a unique character code, for example FDbburj556kif, which comes to block 4 determining the playback position of the server 1, which allows you to identify the playback device, or to reject the connection (in case of a mismatch between the unique user code and the code in the database of the server 1 operator). The content playback device 14 is configured individually for each point (cafe, club, separate floor of the shopping center, individual premises of the cafe, restaurant, which are fixed in the contract), where media content will be played, and includes speakers, an amplifier, a computer, which the special program is installed.

The block 4 determining the playback position of the server 1 uniquely identifies each of the content playback devices 14 by the corresponding unique character code, which is the identifier of the user (device 14), and then transmits this identifier and the user-specified playback parameters (playback time/volume and content list) to the block 5 calculation of playback parameters, the function of which is to determine playback parameters of media content according to user-defined settings.

The revealed playback parameters of media content, including objects of intellectual rights, from the output of block 5 are sent to the metadata transfer block 6, in which a configuration file is generated for each playback device 14. At the same time, one user can have several playback devices 14, each of which generates its own file in XML format, containing all the necessary information about the media content, in particular playback time / volume, address and content list for each type of content (music, video / photo, advertising).

The configuration file comes from the output of the metadata transmission block 6 of the operator's server 1 to the input of the synchronization block 17 of the playback device 14 and to the data reception and transmission block 7 of the operator's server 1, which contains the media content received from the output of the media content data distribution block 3, and further to the block 18 for receiving and transmitting data, the device 14 for playing media content. Based on the information contained in the configuration file, the block 18 receive data requests the necessary media content in the operator's server 1 through the data receive block 7. When loading media content into the media content playback device 14, its data is transmitted through the data block 18 in block 19 encryption.

Encryption unit 19 encrypts the received data according to a certain algorithm, for example, using bit inversion (represented in particular in the source of information:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%Dl%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%Dl%8B%D

0%B5_%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%Dl%80%D0%B0%Dl%86%D0%B8%D0%B8#.D0.

98.D1.81.D0.BA.D0.BB.D1.8E.D1.87.D0.B0.D1.8E.D1.89.D0.B5.D0.B5_.C2.AB.D0.98. D0.

9B.DO.98.C2.BB_.28XOR.29), thereby preventing playback of media content outside the claimed system, and writes the encrypted media content to the storage device 15 of the media content playback device 14. Encrypted media content is preliminarily decrypted before playback in block 20 using the same encryption block 19 (based on a double bit-reversal operation), as a result of which the original file in its original form, suitable for use, is reproduced by block 20 of the media content playback .

Each time media content is played by block 20, information from its output goes to block 21 for sending reports on the reproduced content, from the output of which, through the output of the media content playback device 14, it goes to the input of the head server 8 in a preset format: playback date, time playback, the name and data of the copyright holder, the location and identifier of the playback device. In addition, this information is also fed to the input of the storage device 2 of the server 1 of the operator and to the input of the block 11 for recording media content of the device 9 for verification and analysis.

The head server 8 is a data warehouse for reports on the played media content), which receives and stores data from all servers 1 of operators, which are, in particular: operator server identifier, playback device identifier, media content track identifier, playback date, time playback.

The functions of the head server 8 include recording information from operators in the specified format, which allows you to quickly find and provide this data to the verification and analysis device 9, which compares the reproduced media content and the reporting on this content transmitted to the head server.

All data received from the servers 1 of the operators to the main server 8 comes from the output of the server 8 to the device 9 for verification and analysis, to the block 10 for determining the server of the operator and the playback device, the function of which is to obtain a list of operators from the main server 8 from a pre-compiled database, as well as obtaining a list of playback devices 14 registered with these operators.

The verification and analysis device 9 can be made as an application for a smartphone using Windows, Android, iOs operating systems, which allows you to record media content (for example, a melody, other audio information, (sound clip, for example) transmitted from playback devices 14. At the same time, the media content received from the media content playback unit 20 to the unit 11 is subjected to verification and analysis in the comparison unit 12, as a result of which the melody print is determined based on the spectrogram that establishes the signal power spectral density versus time, i.e. The piece of music is presented in the form of a time-frequency graph - a spectrogram.

The resulting spectrogram is compared with a database of prints, for example, from the Shazam system or other similar systems, which makes it possible to obtain metadata about the track, such as the song title, author and artist.

The melody fingerprint comparison technology is a known technology (see, for example, https://www.ee.columbia.edu/~dpwe/papers/Wang03-shazam.pdf), according to which the following steps are implemented in the claimed invention.

1) Create a file of music prints in advance and store it in the database of the storage device 2.

2) The user marks the heard song, for which a fingerprint is generated based on a ten-second audio sample.

3) The application sends the fingerprint to the Shazam service, which looks for a match in the database.

4) If a match is found, the song information is displayed to the user, otherwise it is returned as an error.

The comparison unit 12, designed to compare the reproduced media content and the reports transmitted to the main server, also receives from the main server 8 a list of played media content on each of the playback devices 14 based on the transmitted identifiers of operators and playback devices for a given period of time and compares the data with fixed block 11 media content reproduced by the corresponding device 14 content playback.

After recording the track in the media content recording unit 11 and determining the metadata of the media content, the comparison unit 12 of the reproduced media content of the verification and analysis device 9 requests from the head server 8 a list of media content played on a specific playback device 14 associated with a specific server 1 operator, for the selected time interval. The resulting list in the form of operator identifiers, contained in the main server 8, is supplemented with metadata, for example, data on the copyright holder and the intellectual rights object of the media content contained in the storage device 2 of the operator server 1. In addition, the data is stored on the main server 8 in the form of a list of identifiers track, playback device, operator, coming from block 21 of sending reporting device. If necessary, the head server 8 accesses the storage device 2 of the server of the operator 1, where metadata (track title, title holder) about the content, data about the object (name, address, area) are stored and supplements with them the list requested by the comparison unit 12 of the verification device and analysis 9 when performing playback control.

Thus, comparison block 12 compares the metadata recorded in block 11 of the track and the metadata from the received list received in block 10 from head server 8, as well as the list of data received in block 12, via the bus between head server 8 and block 12 .

Comparison is carried out by verbal designations in the title of the composition and the name of the author. If the words, regardless of the sequence, for example, Yuri Antonov or Antonov Yuri, in the name of the author and also in the title of the composition match, then the match is confirmed by block 12. Conclusions in favor of the match are made with a similarity of at least 50%.

In this case, the block 12 for comparing the reproduced media content sends a message through the output

- 6 039691 of the device 9 for verification and analysis to the head server 8 that the track that is being played matches the one on which the report was sent to the head server 8 by the unit 21 for sending reporting to the device 14. If the metadata (text part) does not match ( differ by 50% or more), then block 12 sends a message to block 13 for fixing violations, from the output of which, a message about the discrepancy between the metadata of the reproduced media content and the metadata received in the form of reporting is sent to the head server 8. At the same time, the main server 8 receives information reflecting the details of the violated intellectual property object in the media content. The head server 8 can send a message about the violation of intellectual rights to a specific object to the server 22 of the right holder. Thus, using the verification and analysis device 9, it is determined whether the User (playback device installed in a cafe, restaurant, etc.) violates the rights of authors or server operators 1 who have received the right to use intellectual property objects under an agreement with copyright holders. The device 9 may be in the form of software installed in the playback device 14, as an application in a smartphone and other playback devices.

If the result of the comparison is negative - for example, there is no match between the fixed track and the tracks from the list from the main server (there may be inaccuracies in the stored metadata, for example, Stas Mihailov and Stas Mikhailov), additional verification by the person exercising control is possible by additional viewing and analysis of the compared metadata, or manual search.

The server 22 of the copyright holder (author) is configured to connect to the main server 8 through a pre-installed application. The copyright holder can request a personal account in the main server 8, confirming the availability of rights to certain media content, as well as informing which operators he has concluded contracts with. This will allow comparing the reporting of server operators 1, on the basis of which they are obliged to pay remuneration to right holders, and the reporting that server 1 operators send to the main server 8.

The claimed system for controlling the playback of media content provides for the possibility of paying remuneration to copyright holders for objects of intellectual rights included in the media content used, transmitted by playback devices 14 to the head server 8.

At the same time, the right holder can receive a fee on the basis of a smart contract with an operator using blockchain technology.

Information about blockchain technology is widely known and available in open sources:

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D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%Dl%86%D0%B8%D0%B9 http://rb.ru/opinion/blockchain/

To form the specified remuneration payment, the right holder and server operators organize wallets in cryptocurrency (for example, in the Ether ETH or Bitcoin BTC cryptocurrency) and register smart contracts on a platform implemented as a single decentralized virtual machine based on the blockchain, such as Ethereum.

At the same time, the right holders must register the Rightholder-Operator contract, which determines the conditions for the payment of remuneration.

Based on the results of playing media content, including, for example, objects of copyright and related rights, and in pursuance of the contract, the right holders are credited with funds in cryptocurrency from the server operator’s wallet in the proportions fixed under the smart contract.

The use of settlements using this technology allows the right holder to receive guaranteed transfers of funds from the operator's smart contract. On the basis of this guaranteed amount, a settlement is made with the author at the internal rate of the Operator: Cryptocurrency (ETH / BTC) - the national currency (rubles, dollars, euros).

The preferred embodiments of the claimed invention described above do not limit its scope and may extend to any modifications that lie within the equivalent replacement of the features of the invention.

The claimed invention can be widely used to reproduce and control the use of intellectual property objects via the Internet by any number of users and to guarantee the protection of the rights of owners of intellectual property used in media content.

Reference sheet of designations of devices and units of the system indicated in the drawing:

1) servers of operators providing media content, each of which includes:

2) storage device,

3) media content data distribution block,

4) playback position detection unit,

5) a block for calculating playback parameters,

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6) metadata transfer block,

7) data receiving-transmitting unit;

8) the head server for storing reports on the reproduced media content;

9) a verification and analysis device designed to ensure verification and comparison of the reproduced media content and the reporting transmitted to the head server, which includes:

10) block for determining the operator and playback device,

11) media content recording block,

12) a block for comparing the reproduced media content and the reporting transmitted to the main server,

13) a block for fixing violations;

14) content playback device, each of which includes:

15) storage device,

16) user authorization block,

17) synchronization block,

18) block of receiving and transmitting data,

19) data encryption block,

20) media content playback unit,

21) reporting block;

22) server of the copyright holder.

CLAIM

Claims (14)

CLAIM 1. A method for controlling the playback of media content, including objects of intellectual property rights, based on the use of media content by the servers of operators and providing it to users for playback and fixing the viewing parameters, characterized in that the playback of media content by each of the users is carried out through the servers of the operators, providing media content, in each of which a database of media content and data of the respective copyright holders of objects of intellectual rights of media content is formed, and when playing media content by each of the users, information with media content metadata and user data is sent to the head server, comparison of the media content and metadata of the media content played by each of the users and the metadata of the corresponding media content sent to the head server, and in case of a mismatch, the unauthorized use of the media content is recorded. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the right holders' servers are connected to the main server. 3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that after the transfer of media content, users send data about the reproduced content to the copyright holder. 4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the operators' servers are configured to provide actions related to the playback of media content by the user, the selection and listening to audio and video information, the setting of a schedule for the transmission of media content by the server to the repeater specified by the user, and the termination of transmission information server to the repeater, replacement of transmitted information by the server to the repeater, shutdown of the repeater. 5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that a pre-installed application is used on the user's devices to play media content. 6. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that smart contracts are registered between copyright holders and operators on a platform implemented on the basis of the blockchain. 7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that, based on the results of using the work, the copyright holders are transferred a reward in cryptocurrency from the server operator's wallet in the proportions fixed in the smart contract. 8. The system for controlling the playback of media content, including intellectual property objects according to claim 1, containing at least one operator server for providing media content connected to at least one media content playback device, a verification and analysis device connected to the devices media content playback, characterized in that it includes a head server for storing media content metadata connected to media content playback devices and operator servers, and the verification and analysis unit is configured to ensure verification and comparison of media content and media content metadata , reproduced by each of the content playback devices and metadata sent to the head server from the media content playback device and from the operator's server. 9. The system according to claim 8, characterized in that it additionally contains servers of the right holders connected to the main server. 10. The system according to claim 8, characterized in that the operator's server contains a storage device, - 8 039691 connected to a media content data distribution unit, a playback position determination unit connected in series to a playback parameter calculation unit, a metadata transmission unit, a data reception-transmission unit, while the outputs of the storage device, the metadata transmission unit and the data reception-transmission unit are the outputs of the operator's server, and the inputs of the storage device, the block for determining the playback position, the block for receiving and transmitting data are the inputs of the operator's server. 11. The system according to claim 8, characterized in that the storage device contains a database of media content and metadata, including data on the right holders of intellectual property objects used in media content, metadata of intellectual property objects, user data of playback devices and media content. 12. The system according to claim 8, characterized in that the verification and analysis device contains a block for determining the server of the operator and the playback device, connected in series with the media content recording unit, the comparison unit, designed to compare the reproduced media content and transmitted to the main reporting server and a block for fixing violations, while the outputs of the comparison block and the block for fixing violations are the outputs of the verification and analysis device associated with the head server, and the inputs of the operator definition block and the media content playback device, the media content recording block and the comparison block are inputs of the verification and analysis device . 13. The system according to claim 8, characterized in that the media content playback device contains a series-connected user authorization unit, a synchronization unit, a data transmission receiving unit, a data encryption unit, a storage device, a media content playback unit, and a unit for sending reports about the reproduced media content , while the outputs of the synchronization block, the block for receiving and transmitting data, the block for reproducing media content, the block for sending reporting about the reproduced media content are the outputs of the media content playback device, and the inputs of the synchronization block and the block for receiving and transmitting data are the inputs of the media content playback device . 14. The system according to claim 8, characterized in that the playback device is configured to connect to end devices made in the form of speakers, headphones and any devices for reproducing sound or video information.